New Delhi: The first batch of Rafale fighter jets that took off from France on Monday has landed at the Ambala airbase, today. The french-manufactured multi-role combat jets covered a distance of nearly 7,000 km and were escorted by two Sukhoi 30 MKIs after they entered the Indian air space.
New Delhi: The first batch of Rafale fighter jets that took off from France on Monday has landed at the Ambala airbase, today. The french-manufactured multi-role combat jets covered a distance of nearly 7,000 km and were escorted by two Sukhoi 30 MKIs after they entered the Indian air space.
The fleet, comprising three single-seater and two twin-seater aircraft, will be part of the No. 17 Squadron of the Air Force, also known as the ''Golden Arrows'.
"Welcome home 'Golden Arrows'. Blue skies always," the Indian Air Force tweeted with a photo of the Rafales in the "Arrow formation".
"The touch down of Rafale combat aircrafts in India marks the beginning of a new era in our Military History. These multirole aircrafts will revolutionalise the capabilities of the IAF," Rajnath Singh said in a series of tweets.